Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-18

taclcs. he dad not repeat his invitation /,
get out '
Are You the fellow that wrote the let
ter, he asked
With your permission | am, the
young man replied, with marked Ger
man accent Il think ynu would iinI il
iu lUsr own adN autagr not To rrIu~e mt
the interview
An right, come in
He turned around hri>kly and passed
through the ground glass door to the luncI
Office, leaving the German To follow Mir
Harkne>- was. like most uf the bonanza
men of the Pacific coast, uf n ~anguine
aud adv dNcutIr"US temperament bat ~caniily
equipped with cuucariou tie NaS ready
for anything IN which there MAS money,
and no proposition in which money was
involved WAS too daring for his ronsidera
tiou. He was Young and already twenty
times a millionaire. TO his visitor lac
seemed the very incarnation of the hearty.
generous. slam bang recklessnrS> uf the
Pacific coast II would have surprised
him, no doubt. if he had suspected that
this SpeCtarl,d, unpretcntio,s looking for
eigner had made a cumple.e inventory Of
his characteristics from me rely seeing him
in the street and from her ring the runner
Of his daring maueuvers un the stock eX
change
Well. Hardness remarked, fire
away. I've got Just fifteen minutes
Half an huuI. said the German,
firmly.
We'll. fire away. man. Time AT this
hour Of the day il worth thousand dol
lars minute
''All right Then will be brief My
name is Heinrich WachImeister | was
two years ago tutor III chemistry at the
university of Utrecht In that capacity
| was lal 10 make certain experiments
which resulted in my discovering what
thousands have sought for in vain-the
secret of making gold. Iou open your
eyes. no doubt. in wonder - did l. The
gold was found in my possession. together
with Il number Of metallic plates and in
struments. which the stupid officials con
cluded were intended for counterfeiting
They would not believe my story, Of
course that fmade The gold, For coun-
terteitinS | was accordingly tried and sen
fenced Ia two Years Imprisonment.
have Just now served out my sentence.
You are a jailhird, then. Its pity
Won didn't stay longer"
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- 'el' @ p'">e'' 10 'e an ,i'en', anu 'li"', II
why il should not lie made Science had
solved many riddles i'll modern times
which To the past were insoiuble. He
L
begged Mr.. Hardness TO grant INN the
privilege ut proving to him and five of his
friends, whom Mr.. HarknesS should him
self appoint. that his statements were
true. He asked for no salar. or emclu-
mentS, but only desired 70 associate Mr..
Harknes> renowned name with his own
IL the enterprise. which, II lie carried il on
alone. would expose him 10 fresh difficul-
ties with the law. There was such ring
" sincerity and earnestness IN his speech
/; hat the millionaire Was more than half
persuaded. He declared that he would
let him know in week whether he could
grant his request, and instantly cabled 10
| treCht TO ascertain whether the story re-
lating 10 the Imprisonment and trial for
were true. lie received
the next day cablegrsm corroborating
the story IN all particulars. 4 second ap-
pointment WIS accordingly made, and the
fest i'll the presence of witnesses agreed
upon. Nachtneister begged as favor
That some OF these might he scientific eN
perI-, whose Judgment had weight. This,
too, wa, readily conceded
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.lusinp II uust commit myself To your
h. NOR hep Of you 10 examine carefully
IN, contents of this box. You see that il
contains some black sand-a very com